Julia Gillard inspired by her new role in global education

By Rebecca Vukovic
Published June 8, 2015

When Julia Gillard was a child, she won the lottery. It wasn’t the kind of lottery that made her an instant millionaire, it was a ‘postcode lottery’, which meant she got to go to terrific local schools because of the area her parents chose to settle in.

Born in Wales in 1961, at five years of age Gillard migrated to Australia with her parents and older sister ...

This story appeared in the June 2015 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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Julia Gillard inspired by her new role in global education

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